XV, a 15–amino acid human-derived peptide that safely kills fungi causing keratitis, promotes corneal healing, resists drug ...
Dr. Elizabeth Berger recently received a $2.3 million NIH award that will focus on finding new therapeutic strategies to fight infection and preserve vision caused by microbial keratitis, an infection ...
New research that sheds light on how the immune system responds to serious eye infections is underway at Wayne State University, supported by a $2.3 million federal grant from the National Eye ...
Timely diagnosis and treatment are very important when bacterial keratitis (bacterial infection of the cornea, the clear front part of the eye) is suspected. Bacterial keratitis treated with ...
Guillermo Amescua, M.D., an ophthalmologist and corneal specialist at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, explains what a corneal infection is and how contact lens use can be to blame. His team developed a ...
Corneal disease is the primary cause of visual loss in allergic eye disease. It occurs almost exclusively in vernal keratoconjunctivitis and atopic keratoconjunctivitis. It is characterized by ...
Wearing contact lenses is a common cause of infectious keratitis. At the 131st International Congress of the French Society of Ophthalmology in Paris, held from May 10 to 12, 2025, Pierre Labalette, ...
Corneal crosslinking can often contribute to CNV regression, but has limited benefit when the stimulus for CNV, such as ongoing infections, are not eliminated. Corneal crosslinking (CXL) can be used ...
Blinking. Shedding tears. Healing wounds. All of these functions are performed automatically, courtesy of nerves in your eyes. It’s easy to take them for granted, but when a serious condition called ...
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